CT-Based Determination of Ureteral Stone Volume: A Predictor of Spontaneous Passage.

Introduction And Objectives: Which ureteral stone can pass spontaneously? It is hard to answer this question exactly. The size and location of the stone are the most important predictors. However, there is still a considerable gray zone that needs to be clarified.

The Role of Extra-Anatomic Bypass in the Surgical Treatment of Acute Abdominal Aortic Occlusion.

Background: Aortic occlusion is rare catastophic pathology with high rates of mortality and severe morbidity. In this study, we aimed to share our experience in the management of aortic occlusion and to assess the outcomes of extra-anatomic bypass procedures.

Methods: Eighteen patients who had undergone extra-anatomic bypass interventions in the cardiovascular surgery department of our tertiary care center between July 2009 and May 2013 were retrospectively evaluated.

Alterations of thyroid volume and nodular size during and after pregnancy in a severe iodine-deficient area.

Objective: The effects of pregnancy on thyroid nodules were investigated in a few number of studies. We aimed to evaluate the prevalence of thyroid nodules, the changes in size, volume and number of nodules during pregnancy and after delivery in pregnant women.

Design And Methods: This prospective study was performed in a severe iodine-deficient area and included 83 pregnant women (mean age 30·4 ± 5·5 years).

Testosterone- and cortisol-secreting adrenocortical oncocytoma: an unusual cause of hirsutism.

Objective. Oncocytomas of the adrenal cortex are usually benign and nonfunctional. They are rarely seen as the cause of hirsutism.

Low-density lipoprotein subfraction, carotid artery intima-media thickness, nitric oxide, and tumor necrosis factor alpha are associated with newly diagnosed ischemic stroke.

Objectives: Small dense (sd) low-density lipoprotein (LDL), tumor necrosis factor (TNF) alpha (α), and nitric oxide (NO) have recently emerged as important stroke risk factors. The aim of the study was to investigate the effects of increased levels of small LDL particle size, TNF-α and NO on the developed ischemic stroke and increased carotid artery intima-media thickness (CIMT).

Materials And Methods: A total of 29 women and 25 men (a total of 54 ischemic stroke patients) and a similar age group of 50 controls (29 females and 21 males) were included in the study.

Testis sparing surgery in a case of small unilateral testicular cancer.

A 22-year-old male presented at our institution with an incidentally ultrasound-detected testicular tumor. Magnetic resonance imaging showed a contrast-enhanced right intratesticular mass over 1 cm in size. The patient underwent testis sparing surgery.

Increased bladder wall thickness in diabetic and nondiabetic women with overactive bladder.

Purpose: Bladder wall thickness has been reported to be associated with overactive bladder (OAB) in women. Diabetic women have an increased risk for OAB syndrome and may have an increased risk for bladder wall thickness.

Methods: A total of 235 female patients aged 40 to 75 years were categorized into four groups.

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is associated with benign prostate hyperplasia in men and with overactive bladder in women.

Objective: Metabolic syndrome plays a significant role in the development of benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH) and overactive bladder (OAB). Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is accepted as the hepatic component of metabolic syndrome. This study investigated the association of NAFLD with BPH and OAB.

Direct venous spinal reabsorption of cerebrospinal fluid: a new concept with serial magnetic resonance cisternography in rabbits.

Object: For nearly 100 years it has been believed that the main reabsorption of CSF occurs in arachnoid projections into the superior sagittal sinus, but a significant number of experiments and cases conflict with this hypothesis. According to recently published studies, CSF is permanently produced and absorbed in the whole CSF system. Clusters of arachnoidal villi, which are speculated to have a role in the reabsorption of CSF, have recently been revealed in the dorsal root of the spinal nerves.